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The innovative environmental project, which extracts methane gas from landfill and converts it to usable electricity, was opened last year at Council's West Nowra Recycling and Waste Depot. Australian Gaslight Company (AGL), under contract to Council, completed the first stage of the project in 2001, which saw more three kilometres of pipes installed into the landfill site.
More than 49 vertical gas wells have been installed up to 15m deep to extract the valuable landfill gas.
Council views that this is a great example of Council and the private sector working together to reduce the negative environmental effects of landfill gas emissions.
The volume of gas being extracted from the West Nowra landfill site is able to supply enough energy to power around 1000 homes for 15 to 20 years. Due to the significant environmental importance of the West Nowra project, NSW Government, through the Sustainable Energy Authority (SEDA) provided capital funding to AGL to assist the viability of the project. |
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A revolutionary project
to convert waste gases to electricity is proving to be a winner for the
Shoalhaven environment.
Council considers that
this is one of the most exciting environmental energy projects ever
constructed in NSW and will deliver a terrific boost to Shoalhaven air
quality and to the local government.
An electrical generator
has been commissioned to
convert about 400 cubic metres/hour methane gas into electricity.
The project is being
managed under an agreement with AGL in which infrastructure and
construction is provided by AGL, with Council assuming control and
ownership on completion.